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Hoplites (Hoplites) svalbardensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Hoplites (Hoplites) svalbardensis was named by Nagy (1970). Its type specimen is PMO A32841, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. bennetianus, H. dentatus, H. steinmanni, H. cerebrant

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Hoplites (Hoplites) svalbardensis Nagy p. 40 figs. Pl 2, figs 6-8; pl 3, fig 1; text-fig 9a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilyHoplitinaeDouvillé 1890
genusHoplites
subgenusHoplitesNeumayr 1875
speciessvalbardensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Albian or 110.10000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Hoplites svalbardensis (174864 174868 174877 174878 174881)